palomilla

palomilla (uncountable)

1. A Cuban dish of round steak marinated in garlic and lime juice and then pan-fried.

Diminutive of paloma.

palomilla f (plural palomillas)

1. wing nut
2. a mixture of water and anise liquor
3. (piece of) popcorn
4. white horse
5. ball bearing
6. sirloin (cut of beef)
7. (Guatemala, Mexico) clique; club;. band (of people with a similar hobby)
8. (Honduras, Mexico, Panama) gang (of criminals, thugs etc.)
9. (Honduras, Mexico) gang (of youths)
10. (Cuba, Panama) clique; club;. band (of people with a similar hobby)
11. white horse; whitecap (wave)
12. feminine of palomillo
13. Any of a number of butterflies and plants
    1. Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
    2. green oak tortrix (Tortrix viridana)
    3. fumitory (Fumaria)
    4. dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
    5. European columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
    6. ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
    7. alpine toadflax (Linaria alpina)

• "palomilla" on Spanish Wikipedia
• “palomilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.